This document discusses how to dynamically integrate VBScript with HTML forms. It provides examples of using VBScript to add validation, dynamically add and remove form elements like checkboxes based on user input, and dynamically populate dropdown select boxes. The examples show how to use VBScript event handlers and DOM manipulation to customize forms and only request additional information from users based on their responses.
This document discusses how to dynamically integrate VBScript with HTML forms. It provides examples of using VBScript to add validation, dynamically add and remove form elements like checkboxes based on user input, and dynamically populate dropdown select boxes. The examples show how to use VBScript event handlers and DOM manipulation to customize forms and only request additional information from users based on their responses.
This document discusses how to dynamically integrate VBScript with HTML forms. It provides examples of using VBScript to add validation, dynamically add and remove form elements like checkboxes based on user input, and dynamically populate dropdown select boxes. The examples show how to use VBScript event handlers and DOM manipulation to customize forms and only request additional information from users based on their responses.
This document discusses how to dynamically integrate VBScript with HTML forms. It provides examples of using VBScript to add validation, dynamically add and remove form elements like checkboxes based on user input, and dynamically populate dropdown select boxes. The examples show how to use VBScript event handlers and DOM manipulation to customize forms and only request additional information from users based on their responses.
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Integration with forms
HTML forms are the objects used to take template information from a user. For instance, if you work with customers, you need a customer's first and last name, address, and zip code. A form object displays input fields for the user to enter this information and send it back to your web server. You can use VBScript to provide dynamic customizations to a standard HTML form. This lesson explains some ways that VBScript is useful when using forms in your web pages and how to handle events and validations before submitting the form data back to your server-side scripts.
What is a Form?
An HTML form is any text box, check box, or radio button that takes input from a user.
HTML comes with several form input types that you can use without creating your own input options.
You can customize these form elements using CSS, JavaScript or VB Script inline HTML tag properties.
Most webmasters need some customizations to their forms, and this is where VBScript comes in handy.
For instance, suppose you want to ensure that the user has entered a value into a "first_name" text box before you send the input to the server.
You could send the input to the server, process the data, find the missing input variable, and then send the form back to the user with an error message. Using VBScript with Forms
Let's take a simple form that asks the user to input a first and last name. Take a look at the code below.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
</head>
<body >
<form action="process_form.php"> First name:<br> <input type="text" id="first_name"> <br> Last name:<br> <input type="text" id="last_name""> <br><br> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form>
</body> </html> Let's add the "onsubmit" event handler and hook into the current HTML page. Below is a complete copy of our user input form page.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<script>
function ValidateFirstName ( ) { var firstName = document.getElementById("first_name");
First name:<br> <input type="text" id="first_name"> <br> Last name:<br> <input type="text" id="last_name""> <br><br> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form>
</body> </html>
How to Dynamically Add and Delete Form Items
We've just seen how to use form input text boxes and validation through VBScript, but forms usually have other types of input such as radio buttons and check boxes.
You can dynamically add and delete any form element within your script. This is typically done when you want to take additional information from a user after they enter other input.
For instance, suppose once a user chooses "Yes" in a radio button group, you then display check boxes for additional information.
Let's change our form to display two radio buttons that display check boxes when the user chooses "Yes."
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<script> function ValidateFirstName ( ) { var firstName = document.getElementById("first_name");
We talked about dynamically working with elements as you receive user input, and one common form element used with JavaScript and dynamic loading is the select box. The select box is the drop-down element that displays a number of values. From the list, the user can choose one option.
What if you have hundreds of options, but you only want to show a few options to the user based on some kind of input.
This is common when you have too many drop-down values to display to the user, so it could be too frustrating for the user to find a specific element.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<script>
function ValidateFirstName ( ) { var firstName = document.getElementById("first_name");
if (firstName.value == "")
return false;
else
return true;
} }
function addOptions () { document.getElementById("selectBoxOptions").options.length = 0;
First name:<br> <input type="text" id="first_name"> <br> Last name:<br> <input type="text" id="last_name""> <br> Do you like JavaScript?<br> <input type="radio" id="iLikeJs" name="likeJavascript" value="yes" onclick="addOptions()">
